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Series 88

From Countdown

Series 88 is the current series of Countdown, and the fourth series to feature Colin Murray as presenter. It began on 30 June 2023, and will conclude in December.

Adrian Clarke, who won the final preliminary match of Series 87, returned to continue his run in the first heat of this series.

Episode 8056 was broadcast five minutes earlier at 14:05 to accommodate the live second practice of the 2023 British Grand Prix.

Apterites Tom Swain, Harry Savage, Sam Hughes, Dean Tulloch, Josh Lester, Niall Cusack and Ben Bazzard have appeared in this series, though Bazzard joined after recording of all his heat appearances.

Former presenter Jeff Stelling appeared in Dictionary Corner for the week commencing 21 August, marking his first appearance on the show since he left as presenter in 2011.

Current standings

Rank Name Wins Points
1 Harry Savage 8 939
2 Paul O'Brien 8 781
3 George Baker 8 734
4 Rachel Copley 7 712
5 David Edwards 7 700
6 Ben Bazzard* 6 592
7 Hywel Jones 6 585
8 Adrian Clarke 5 490
9 Talaha Modak 4 412
10 Mark Brooks 4 405
*still playing
Since Series 60, players are sorted by number of wins, then by number of points. Points from both wins and losses count. Points from sudden death conundrums are not counted, and players with the same number of wins and points are sorted by the number of conundrums correctly guessed, then highest single-game score.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
8051 30/06/2023 P Adrian Clarke 75 – 54 Tom Saunders Colin Murray Rachel Riley Bob Harris Susie Dent 122
8052 03/07/2023 P Adrian Clarke 94 – 74 Mike Lott Colin Murray Rachel Riley Bob Harris Susie Dent 125
8053 04/07/2023 P Adrian Clarke 91 – 12 Harry Bayne Colin Murray Rachel Riley Bob Harris Susie Dent 119
8054 05/07/2023 P Adrian Clarke 82 – 65 Sheila McAdam Colin Murray Rachel Riley Bob Harris Susie Dent 123
8055 06/07/2023 P Adrian Clarke 65 – 85 David Edwards Colin Murray Rachel Riley Bob Harris Susie Dent 135
8056 07/07/2023 P David Edwards 83 – 59 Annie Sinclair Colin Murray Rachel Riley Rory Bremner Susie Dent 123
8057 10/07/2023 P David Edwards 100 – 70 Jake Wood Colin Murray Rachel Riley Rory Bremner Susie Dent 147
8058 11/07/2023 P David Edwards 86 – 46 Nayan Mistry Colin Murray Rachel Riley Rory Bremner Susie Dent 134
8059 12/07/2023 P David Edwards 74 – 58 Amy Jones Colin Murray Rachel Riley Rory Bremner Susie Dent 133
8060 13/07/2023 P David Edwards 84 – 76 Tim Rainer Colin Murray Rachel Riley Rory Bremner Susie Dent 128
8061 14/07/2023 P David Edwards 115 – 54 Ada Norman Colin Murray Rachel Riley Trevor Nelson Susie Dent 145
8062 17/07/2023 P David Edwards 73 – 82 Ian Watson Colin Murray Rachel Riley Trevor Nelson Susie Dent 124
8063 18/07/2023 P Ian Watson 66 – 90 James Jeans Colin Murray Rachel Riley Trevor Nelson Susie Dent 136
8064 19/07/2023 P James Jeans 74 – 89 Mark Brooks Colin Murray Rachel Riley Trevor Nelson Susie Dent 142
8065 20/07/2023 P Mark Brooks 90 – 68 Adrian Martin Colin Murray Rachel Riley Trevor Nelson Susie Dent 152
8066 21/07/2023 P Mark Brooks 73 – 63 Wendy Woodward Colin Murray Rachel Riley Neil Delamere Susie Dent 138
8067 24/07/2023 P Mark Brooks 77 – 69 Ben Cooper Colin Murray Rachel Riley Neil Delamere Susie Dent 133
8068 25/07/2023 P Mark Brooks 76 – 82 Hywel Jones Colin Murray Rachel Riley Neil Delamere Susie Dent 125
8069 26/07/2023 P Hywel Jones 96 – 59 Trevor Dawson Colin Murray Rachel Riley Neil Delamere Susie Dent 123
8070 27/07/2023 P Hywel Jones 87 – 63 Tom Swain Colin Murray Rachel Riley Neil Delamere Susie Dent 142
8071 28/07/2023 P Hywel Jones 77 – 65 Chess Slattery Colin Murray Rachel Riley John Thomson Susie Dent 122
8072 31/07/2023 P Hywel Jones 98 – 65 Alistair Miller Colin Murray Rachel Riley John Thomson Susie Dent 129
8073 01/08/2023 P Hywel Jones 86 – 65 Darren Cripps Colin Murray Rachel Riley John Thomson Susie Dent 132
8074 02/08/2023 P Hywel Jones 59 – 122 Harry Savage Colin Murray Rachel Riley John Thomson Susie Dent 135
8075 03/08/2023 P Harry Savage 119 – 52 Julie Quinn Colin Murray Rachel Riley John Thomson Susie Dent 147
8076 04/08/2023 P Harry Savage 119 – 30 David Byrne Colin Murray Rachel Riley Edith Bowman Susie Dent 131
8077 07/08/2023 P Harry Savage 121 – 79 Helen Ingelbrecht Colin Murray Rachel Riley Edith Bowman Susie Dent 157
8078 08/08/2023 P Harry Savage 105 – 51 Stephen O'Mara Colin Murray Rachel Riley Edith Bowman Susie Dent 125
8079 09/08/2023 P Harry Savage 108 – 74 Sam Hughes Colin Murray Rachel Riley Edith Bowman Susie Dent 133
8080 10/08/2023 P Harry Savage 115 – 47 Michael Cameron Colin Murray Rachel Riley Edith Bowman Susie Dent 123
8081 11/08/2023 P Harry Savage 130 – 21 Sandra Ring Colin Murray Rachel Riley Edith Bowman Susie Dent 134
8082 14/08/2023 P Ken Heaton 72 – 79 George Baker Colin Murray Rachel Riley Tom Read Wilson Susie Dent 141
8083 15/08/2023 P George Baker 92 – 0 Avi Sharma Colin Murray Rachel Riley Tom Read Wilson Susie Dent 123
8084 16/08/2023 P George Baker 82 – 45 Jen Finneran Colin Murray Rachel Riley Tom Read Wilson Susie Dent 144
8085 17/08/2023 P George Baker 89 – 78 Dudley Lidiard Colin Murray Rachel Riley Tom Read Wilson Susie Dent 126
8086 18/08/2023 P George Baker 90 – 35 Darryl Johnson Colin Murray Rachel Riley Tom Read Wilson Susie Dent 134
8087 21/08/2023 P George Baker 116 – 19 Anthea Leslie Colin Murray Rachel Riley Jeff Stelling Susie Dent 143
8088 22/08/2023 P George Baker 86 – 75 Will Gilchrist Colin Murray Rachel Riley Jeff Stelling Susie Dent 125
8089 23/08/2023 P George Baker 100 – 22 Dean Tulloch Colin Murray Rachel Riley Jeff Stelling Susie Dent 146
8090 24/08/2023 P Tricia Lowther 68 – 90 Scott McKechnie Colin Murray Rachel Riley Jeff Stelling Susie Dent 124
8091 25/08/2023 P Scott McKechnie 58 – 87 Rachel Copley Colin Murray Rachel Riley Jeff Stelling Susie Dent 127
8092 28/08/2023 P Rachel Copley 101 – 75 Barry Page Colin Murray Rachel Riley Ardal O'Hanlon Susie Dent 133
8093 29/08/2023 P Rachel Copley 73 – 49 Sandy Macdonald Colin Murray Rachel Riley Ardal O'Hanlon Susie Dent 133
8094 30/08/2023 P Rachel Copley 82 – 72 Josh Lester Colin Murray Rachel Riley Ardal O'Hanlon Susie Dent 137
8095 31/08/2023 P Rachel Copley 94 – 73 Joanne Deveney Colin Murray Rachel Riley Ardal O'Hanlon Susie Dent 136
8096 01/09/2023 P Rachel Copley 81 – 47 Ian Morris Colin Murray Rachel Riley Ardal O'Hanlon Susie Dent 123
8097 04/09/2023 P Rachel Copley 102 – 61 Helen Sanderson Colin Murray Rachel Riley Rick Edwards Susie Dent 124
8098 05/09/2023 P Rachel Copley 92 – 93 Talaha Modak Colin Murray Rachel Riley Rick Edwards Susie Dent 134
8099 06/09/2023 P Talaha Modak 85 – 74 Martin Byrne Colin Murray Rachel Riley Rick Edwards Susie Dent 136
8100 07/09/2023 P Talaha Modak 90 – 42 James Lee Colin Murray Rachel Riley Rick Edwards Susie Dent 144
8101 08/09/2023 P Talaha Modak 85 – 73 Dan O'Loughlin Colin Murray Rachel Riley Rick Edwards Susie Dent 141
8102 11/09/2023 P Talaha Modak 59 – 61 Lorraine Conway Colin Murray Rachel Riley Justin Moorhouse Susie Dent 132
8103 12/09/2023 P Lorraine Conway 75 – 89 Sunil Parmar Colin Murray Rachel Riley Justin Moorhouse Susie Dent 123
8104 13/09/2023 P Sunil Parmar 70 – 89 Paul O'Brien Colin Murray Rachel Riley Justin Moorhouse Susie Dent 121
8105 14/09/2023 P Paul O'Brien 90 – 74 Adam Kinsley Colin Murray Rachel Riley Justin Moorhouse Susie Dent 134
8106 15/09/2023 P Paul O'Brien 105 – 59 Steven Allen Colin Murray Rachel Riley Justin Moorhouse Susie Dent 132
8107 18/09/2023 P Paul O'Brien 80 – 64 Jack Shephard Colin Murray Rachel Riley Chris McCausland Susie Dent 135
8108 19/09/2023 P Paul O'Brien 110 – 100 Niall Cusack Colin Murray Rachel Riley Chris McCausland Susie Dent 121
8109 20/09/2023 P Paul O'Brien 104 – 62 Rory Nelson Colin Murray Rachel Riley Chris McCausland Susie Dent 125
8110 21/09/2023 P Paul O'Brien 103 – 16 Ravi Jay Colin Murray Rachel Riley Chris McCausland Susie Dent 136
8111 22/09/2023 P Paul O'Brien 100 – 74 John Blaker Colin Murray Rachel Riley Chris McCausland Susie Dent 127
8112 25/09/2023 P Richard Hendron 72 – 93 Ben Bazzard Colin Murray Rachel Riley Grace Dent Susie Dent 122
8113 26/09/2023 P Ben Bazzard 110 – 55 Alex Gordon Colin Murray Rachel Riley Grace Dent Susie Dent 122
8114 27/09/2023 P Ben Bazzard 83 – 69 Jenny Best Colin Murray Rachel Riley Grace Dent Susie Dent 136
8115 28/09/2023 P Ben Bazzard 100 – 55 Karl Niklas Colin Murray Rachel Riley Grace Dent Susie Dent 126
8116 29/09/2023 P Ben Bazzard 99 – 70 Pat Arnold Colin Murray Rachel Riley Grace Dent Susie Dent 145
8117 02/10/2023 P Ben Bazzard 107 – 38 David Ashton Colin Murray Rachel Riley Gloria Hunniford Susie Dent 136
8118 03/10/2023 P Ben Bazzard – tba Colin Murray Rachel Riley Gloria Hunniford Susie Dent
8119 04/10/2023 P tba – tba Colin Murray Rachel Riley Gloria Hunniford Susie Dent
8120 05/10/2023 P tba – tba Colin Murray Rachel Riley Gloria Hunniford Susie Dent
8121 06/10/2023 P tba – tba Colin Murray Rachel Riley Gloria Hunniford Susie Dent
8122 09/10/2023 P tba – tba Colin Murray Rachel Riley Levi Roots Susie Dent
8123 10/10/2023 P tba – tba Colin Murray Rachel Riley Levi Roots Susie Dent
8124 11/10/2023 P tba – tba Colin Murray Rachel Riley Levi Roots Susie Dent
8125 12/10/2023 P tba – tba Colin Murray Rachel Riley Levi Roots Susie Dent
8126 13/10/2023 P tba – tba Colin Murray Rachel Riley Levi Roots Susie Dent

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